Verse 1
To groundless lies and slanders bold
If others credit give,
Christians should their assent with-hold,
And but on proof believe:
Yet those who bear the name in vain
Nor pagan justice know,
Believe, against the righteous man,
His unconfronted foe.
Verse 2
Ev’n you, the holy fathers, you
Th’ inquisitors severe,
With blindfold enmity pursue
The Saviour’s members here:
Who tax the murtherers of Rome,
The house of mercy blame,
As hereticks unheard ye doom
Your brethren to the flame.